New Bat, Old Tricks

New Bat, Old Tricks

Zatanna She couldn't escape this city's grip for long. It had a way of pulling her back even when she attempted to resist it. She wasn't going to go and cancel her shows in Gotham just because she had some unpleasant emotional responses to being there, the memories being dredged up, the memories...

Black Gold:  Child of the House of Masir

Black Gold: Child of the House of Masir

Synopsis:  Khalid Ben-Hassin is visiting Gotham University while his father participates on panel on archaeology.  Khalid speaks wit his friend Ronnie back in Michigan assuring him that he is making the choices that he wants.  However, Khalid addresses the fact that he knows that his father does...

Routine Checkup

Routine Checkup

For whatever events happened over the weekend, the week resumed its dull and mundane course of classes, homework, and studies. Rebecca had miraculously managed to catch up and was sinking back into the role of just another student at Gotham University. Despite the fact her studies here would get...

Old Mines, New Portals

Summary: Rebecca and Jason discover a crack in reality made by a witchy demoness, they investigate and deal with the threat.   A forested area far North of Gotham was a stark contrast to the darkened alleys and large steel and glass structures that towered over the people on the streets. Here...

Black Gold:  Meeting at Shadowcrest

Black Gold: Meeting at Shadowcrest

Synopsis:  Faust arrives in Gotham and goes to visit Zatanna Zatara at her home, Shadowcrest, to relay a request from the Deputy Director in charge of Mystic Affairs at Nowhere.   FAUST Gotham City.  People either loved it or hated it.  There was no in between.   You either stood on one side...

Black Gold Prologue:  Enter Faust

Black Gold Prologue: Enter Faust

Synopsis: Faust is summoned by the Deputy Director in charge of Mystic Affairs within Nowhere to investigate and address a coming threat in Gotham.  From Faust's perspective things seem set for a test and observation for a potential future assignment that the Deputy Director may see fit to...

Nurse’s Orders

Nurse’s Orders

When Zee arrives back at the house, a door off the main hall is conspicuously cracked open, a trickle of languid steam escaping from within. Inside is a small bathhouse of sorts, a single room featuring a shallow pool of heated water with benches built into the sides. Tucked into the far corner,...

Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

Jason Jason had purchased a sizeable brownstone near Gotham’s old city. It was a place to keep his sizeable collections on books and other unique artifacts. He didn’t keep it hidden, or try and deceive anyone on where he lived. And for the casual intruder...well, they were quick to think twice...

Demons, Nurses and Knights OH MY!

Demons, Nurses and Knights OH MY!

  Under the light of the moon, the disciples gathered for their grand ritual. The Giordano Botanical Gardens was a beautiful place frequently visited by many in the past, back when the rooftop gardens were a beautiful and lush place and it was well tended to. It has since turned to ruins, a...

Not So Simple Favors

Not So Simple Favors

Tim: It has been a whirlwind of a last couple weeks. Months, even. Starting with the Death of Bruce Wayne the city of Gotham had gone crazy. Culminating in the invasion of a clan of killers, known as the League of Assassins. We've been on a merry-go-round of insanity through it all. Discovering...

Press Conferences and Phone Calls

Press Conferences and Phone Calls

Oliver Queen: Mr. Queen! Mr. Queen. Can we get a comment on your thoughts of what is happening in Bialya? "Sure! Sure. I think what's happening in Bialya is a travesty. Those innocent sand people in Kandyduk. Really. Bialya should be ashamed." Kahndaq. "Kunduk." Kawwwwn-dawk. "Wait. Biayla invaded...

The Final Trials:  The Weight of the Heavens

The Final Trials: The Weight of the Heavens

Synopsis:  Freddy stops a few miles out before reaching his destination while reflecting over the conversation that he and Black Adam has.  Which brings him to a bit of an epiphany.   My destination was in my sights, yet the closer it became the slower I became until I found myself landing...